The National Population Commission (NPC) has earmarked 1,110 households in 3 local government areas of Nasarawa State for the 2018 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS). Umar Tafida-Abdul, Nasarawa State Coordinator of NPC disclosed this to newsmen at the official commencement of the exercise on Monday in Lafia. He saidContinue Reading
Mr Peter Ozo-Esan, General Secretary, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has assured Nigerians workers of the payment of the reviewed minimum wage before the end of 2018. Ozo-Esan gave this assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, in spite ofContinue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Google’s search engine of hiding “fair media” coverage of him and said he would address the situation, without giving any details. In a pair of tweets, Trump said Google search results for “Trump News” showed only the reporting of what he terms fakeContinue Reading
By Lucy Nwachukwu Not less than 1,331 Nigerians died in the road crashes in the second quarter of 2018, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The figure was contained in the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) “Road Transport Data (Q2 2018)’’ report released on Tuesday in Abuja. The reportContinue Reading
Chicken By Admin Abeokuta, Aug. 28, 2018 (NAN) The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), says it has recorded a major breakthrough in its First Improved Indigenous Chicken Breed after 24 years of research and named it “FUNAAB Alpha”. Speaking at the presentation of Certificate of Registration for FUNAAB Alpha, theContinue Reading
Kidnap By Admin Umuahia, Aug. 28, 2018 (NAN) Abia Police Command has impounded a large quantity of military uniforms, allegedly imported from China and stocked at a warehouse in Aba, the commercial hub of the state. The State’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Anthony Ogbizi, made this disclosure at theContinue Reading
Survivors and relatives at Ramstein in Germany gathered at the base on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the air show tragedy. This is a tragedy where 70 people were killed when three Italian jets collided during a military air show over the U.S. base “The truth does notContinue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has adjusted its budget for 2019 elections from N189 billion to N143 billion in compliance with directive from the National Assembly. The Chairman of the National Assembly Joint Committee on INEC, Sen. Suleiman Nazif, made this known to newsmen after a meeting in AbujaContinue Reading
The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) has called for interdisciplinary collaboration to boost clinical research in the country to global standard. The Acting Director-General of NIPRD, Prof. Olobayo Kunle, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. KunleContinue Reading
